Fruit-vending cart



Aug 2 1926. 1,597,097 H. MESSER FRUIT VENDING CART,

Filed July 9, 1925 INVENTOR lilffessr ATTORNEY l0 other perishable articles are adapted to bet .parts in the drawing.

Patented Aug. 24, ifigd.

HERSCH. MESSER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application flied July 1925f Serial No. 42,404.

The main object of this invention is to provide a conveyance suitable for the vending of fruit and other perishable articles which must be hygienicaiiy stored and kept in a cold condition until such time as the article is used.

Another object is to provide a vending cart having means thereon for completely closing a compartment in which fruit'or stored with broken ice, the drips from the broken ice being drained in a sanitary man ner into collectors or drip pans.

, The above and otherobjects will become apparent in the description below, in which characters of reference refer to like-named Refenring briefiy to the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the vending cart, showing a portion thereof broken away to disclose the construction thereof.

Figure Qis a top plan View of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a perspective view, showing the means of locking the side serving doors in place on the cart.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral indicates the end walls of the body of the car which are joined by side walls 11 and 12. llneseside and end walls 30 are joined at their lower edges by a bottom 13 which has a pluralityoi perforations 14: therein thru. which the chambers 15 and 16 divided by a separating wall 17, are drained. In these chambers 15 and 16, a mixture of fruit or other perishable vending article is adapted to be stored, and when it is desired to keep these articles in a fresher wholesome condition, the article is mixed with cracked or chunk ice which may readily lie upon the bottom 13 of the body the cart. One of the end walls 10 has a platform 1.8 mounted on its outer side on which a scale pedestal 19 and scale bar 20 is fined. The opposite end wall 1.0 has an outwardly and angularly projecting handle bar 21 extending therefrom by which means the entire vending cart is tinged over the pavement. The body of the vending car is supported upon vertical stanchions 22 at the corners and at positions intermediate its length on the sides. These stanchions have swivel yohes mounted at their lower ends in which wheels 24 are rotatable. he stair chions are provided with hook members 25 which are adapted to engage ioop handies 26 of drip pans 27 and 28. which letter are adapted to receive the drip water which he vended. To provide for this contingency,

the side wall 12 is provided with a pair of openings, one communicating with each of the compartments 15 and 16 and covered by doors 29 and 30. Both of these doors are hanged at their lower edge and the upper edge of each-is provided with a cut-out notch 31. Mounted slidably on the side wall 12 of the body above the'doors' is alongitudinal bar 32 in which guide slots 33 are formed. This bar has downwardly projecting extensions 34 at both ends whichare of smaller dimensions than the notches 31 formed on the doors and are adapted to be aligned with these notches when the bar is at one posit-ion. The guide slots serve as a means for permitting longitudinal movement of the bar, which latter is supported upon pins 35 registering in the slots 33 of the bar. intermediate the length of the bar,

a handle 36 extends upwardly from the bar to a position above the upper edge of the well 12 so that-it may be readily gripped when it is desired to shift said her to either lock or unlock the doors29 and 30.

The cart is used, as previously stated, for the vending of perishable articles such as fruit or similar commodities which require the use of ice to retain the same in. a Zresh and wholesome condition. The commodity is placed in the compartments 15 "and 16, after the latter have been partly filled with ice. When a cover is applied to the vending cart, access is bad to the compartments 15 and 16 thru the doors 29 and 30. These doors are sealed in closedposition by the projection 3% on the bar 32 coming in contact with and abutting the sides of the doors at the upper end. aligned with the notches onthe doors 31,

The portions 34 when adapted to permit outward swinging of Ill) In a. vending cart having an enelosed wheeled body and doors for gaining access into said wheeled body, a means for locking said doors in closed position comprising a locking bar slidable horizontally above said doors, said doors having notches therein, projections on said her, one for each notch in the doors adapted to register or align with said note-he's to release the door from releasably remain in. either the locked or unlocked position. and a handle member integral with and extending upwardly above the wheeled body from a position intermediate the length of the b. r.

In testimony whereof I tore.

afiix my signa- HERSCH MESSER. 

